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Box Canyon Resort | 8612 Highway 31 | Ione, WA 99139

1-800-676-8883 | 1-509-442-3728 | 1-509-442-3389 (fax)

Extensively remodeled motel on the Pend Oreille River midway between Ione and Metaline Falls on Highway 31.

Handicap accessible, TV, phone, microwaves and refrigerators. Single with queen bed, Some kitchenette units (one bedroom, hide-a-bed and kitchen). Additional person fee.

Patty and Leon Zimmerman, Owners


The Ione Motel & RV Park | 301 South Second Street | PO Box 730 | Ione, WA 99139

1-509-442-3213 | 1-509-442-3203 (fax)

Located on the Pend Oreille River next to the Ione City Park.

Remodeled theme rooms and kitchenettes with cable TV, phone, and refrigerator. RV Park has full hookups, public laudromat, showers, pay phone, and RV dump. Handicap accessable.

Jay Clark, Owner


Plaza Motel | 103 South Second Street | PO Box 386 | Ione, WA 99139

1-509-442-3534 | portersplaza at potc dot net

Located on Highway 31 in Ione.

Phones, TV, refrigerators, and microwave ovens. Handicap accessable.

Stewart Porter, Owner


Riverview Inn | Highway 31 & Riverside Avenue | PO Box 349 | Ione, WA 99139

1-509-442-2990

Located on Highway 31 in Ione on the Pend Oreille River.

Twelve units, air conditioning, cable TV/HBO, refrigerators, and guest laundry. Restaurant and lounge next door. Ione City Park and boat lauch is nearby.

Dan & Sandy Johnson, Owners


Circle Motel & RV Park | 15802 Highway 31 North | Metaline Falls, WA 99156

1-509-446-4343

Located on Highway 31 two miles north of Metaline Falls.

Room with one queen, room with two queens, luxury modular. Outdoor hot tub, fire pit, picnic area, air conditioning, TV, microwave ovens, refrigerator, telephone, perked coffee, hot bread, and coffee, tea, ice and pop machines.

Rick Walker & Sharon Howe, Owners


The Historic Miners Hotel | 101 West Fourth Avenue | PO Box 477 | Metaline Falls, WA 99156

1-509-446-4802

The Pend Orelle Apartments were first called the Miners Hotel and started in 1929. The facility offers both apartments fully furnished hotel rooms. This building is being entered for recognition on the National Historic Register.

The Historic Washington Hotel | 225 East Fifth Street | Metaline Falls, WA 99156

1-888-829-7451 | 1-509-446-4415

Located on the main street of Metaline Falls.

The Washington Hotel is a historic 1910 working-man's hotel with rooms restored and decorated by Metaline Falls' local artists. The bathrooms are down the hall.

Lee McGowan, Owner


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2010 Weekend Train Ride Schedule


Down River Days
July 24
1PM & 3PM
July 25
11AM & 1PM

Labor Day Weekend*
Sept 4
9AM, 1PM & 3PM
Sept 5
11AM, 1PM & 3PM

First Autumn Colors
Oct 2
11AM, 1PM & 3PM
Oct 3
11AM, 1PM & 3PM

Second Autumn Colors
Oct 9
11AM, 1PM & 3PM
Oct 10
11AM, 1PM & 3PM

Third Autumn Colors
Oct 16
11AM, 1PM & 3PM
Oct 17
11AM, 1PM & 3PM

Great Pumpkin Rides
Oct 23
11AM, 1PM & 3PM
Oct 24
11AM, 1PM & 3PM

*All train rides originate in Ione, except the Labor Day Weekend trains. The Labor Day Weekend trains originate in Metaline Falls


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